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Fri, Feb 24, 2012 The remarkable thing about that team was the atmosphere of determination that infused the defense and ran throughout the squad. The reason for that was the presence of third-year defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy who was recently named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and will be enshrined in the Hall in August.
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Kennedy had a career that would rival any player at his position in the history of the game. If they were taking nominations for the Mount Rushmore of defensive tackles, the list could begin and end with Pittsburgh’s Mean Joe Greene, Randy White and Bob Lilly of the Dallas Cowboys and Cortez Kennedy. Nobody would object.
The neon season that embellished his career was in ’92 when Kennedy was named the NFL’s defensive player of the year. Consider today how good a player would have to be on, say, the 2-14 Indianapolis Colts, to be given such an honor.
It was an obvious choice because in that awful season when they knew they were playing with a roster that didn’t match up with any of their opponents, Kennedy led the NFL with 14 sacks as a defensive tackle. More impressive perhaps was that he also had 14 tackles for losses, or a combined 28 sacks and tackles for loss, a staggering, almost unbelievable total.
Off to his left, Bryant was able to make 4.5 sacks and the Seahawks incredibly kept games close week after week.
I can vividly remember a conversation with Kennedy in which he said, “I will never quit, my teammates will never quit. You do that because you respect yourself and you respect the game and if you can do those things you will gain respect for yourself (from others).”
It was largely unreported, there was never a top-of-the-news story on ESPN about how hard they played in yet another loss, but they did it week after week in a fashion that was actually uplifting to watch. To use a strained war image, it was a little like watching a guy in the middle of the battlefield every Sunday, swinging his sword and standing off an army of men longer than anyone could envision.
The virtuosity Kennedy showed at that position that season was something none of his teammates or anyone who covered the team will ever forg...

Thu, Jan 19, 2012 Downs at 197 pounds) for the first time in three years.
“There’s better coaching, and there’s more youth wrestling, and wrestling’s getting better,” Hillcrest coach Tommy Bell said.
Greenville senior Cortez Starkes has had good success at Hillcrest this season.
Starkes, selected the Most Outstanding Wrestler in the county tournament at Hillcrest, won the same honor at the Hillcrest Invitational in December.
By earning his third county title, Starkes became the 20th wrestler to win at least three county championships in the 35 years the event has been held.
Five wrestlers have won four county titles: Hillcrest’s Robby Bell (1995-1998) and Eastside’s John Broadbent (1985-1988), J.C. Oddo (2004-2007), Corbin Martin (2005-2008) and Eddie Coles (2006-2009).
Eastside sophomore Clay Walker, a defend...

Sun, Jan 15, 2012 In the consolation finals, we beat five wrestlers who had beaten us this season,” Bell said.
Greenville senior Cortez Starkes, who placed first at 115 pounds, became a three-time county champion and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler.
“I just wrestle to the best of my abilities,” said Starkes, who had to work overtime for a 5-3 decision against Blue Ridge’s Jordon Ludd in the final.
Greenville’s Antonio Moore became a two-time county champion by winning at 182, and the Red Raiders’ Duncan Benson took first at 172.
Eastside had three champions: Jacob Simmons (140), Marlin Houtz (154) and Tre Long (285).
“Across the board it wasn’t the best finish, but we certainly had some kids do well,” Eastside coach Jack Kosmicki said. “Jacob winning was huge because (Riverside’s) Coates (Carpenter) is a very good wrestler.”
Simmons earned a 2-1 decision over Carpenter, a two-time state runner-up.
The 134-pound final between Eastside’s Clay Walker and Riverside’s Austin Such was stopped by the referee with Such leading 4-3 in the second period.
Walke...

Mon, Oct 17, 2011 Eldora Ann (Simmons) Huddleston. In 1921 she traveled from Oklahoma to Lewis, Colo., in a covered wagon with her father, mother, three sisters and two brothers.
Payrlee graduated from high school in Cortez, Colo., in 1934 and married John McCall in 1935. They lived in Colorado, Idaho and Arizona before moving to Whittier, Calif., where Payrlee worked in an office and John worked in the shipyards during the war. At the end of the war they bought a farm and moved to Sweet Home where she lived until 2002.
Payrlee then lived in the Me... (Albany Democrat-Herald)

Sat, Oct 8, 2011 Home » Boxing » ON PIER 6: Bradley Nears Pacquiao, DiBella & the Maravilla Mess, Cortez Bounced, JM Lopez Returns
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Timothy Bradley has signed with Top Rank and will be fighting on the Pacquiao-Marquez III undercard, no doubt with an eye to matching “Desert Storm” with Pacquiao in 2012. TCS speculated about this possibility a few months ago in The Bradley Affair: Tim Bradley & the Manny Pacquiao Factor. Although Bradley is currently mired in li...